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Site name Sheeplays 293' Llantwit Major

Site number 387

Burial codes 4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4062 4075 4084 4093 4102 4104 4105 4108 4110 4111 4122 4124 4128 4141 4142 4152 4153 4161 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc An earthen round barrow covering a turf stack approximately circular, with apparent wings fading out to the south, and steep edges, set on a layer of iron pan. There was a burial below and west of the centre of the turf stack, in a hole dug into the old surface, containing an overhanging rim urn. The urn contained the clean cremated bones of a person c18, a bronze awl or pin, and a calcined flint flake. Charcoal was in the top layer of the urn with soil and burnt grass. Over the burial hole was a large dome covered with decayed and flattened tree branches. The dome comprised the branch layer, grey clayey turf and charcoal, more branch material, then yellow lias clay with charcoal, then a patch of loam centrally placed - and then the pit for the burial.

Stake holes pierced the dome and appeared elsewhere within the inner 5.4m stake circle. There were stake circles centred on the mid-point of the turf stack of 5.4m diameter, 8.4m, 11.4m, 14.4m, and possibly 17.4m, of regular construction except the innermost which was irregular in spacing. There were some (?) revetment stake holes. The turf stack edge was not co-terminous with any one circle. At least two stake circles were standing when the turf mound was built.

Four secondary cremations were inserted into the earthen capping: a female and an adult into the turf stack at the north east and south east, a child into the soil barrow on the south east, and a child in a cordoned urn into the soil barrow near the east edge. To the south west of the last was a circular deposit of charcoal with 7 wand holes.

Remains/Period Y4

County South Glamorgan

Region SW

National grid square SS

X coordinate 960

Y coordinate 720

Bibliographic source Fox 1941b, 1959b

Query

Site name	Sheeplays 293' Llantwit Major
Site number	387
Burial codes	4005 4009 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4035 4041 4048 4051 4053 4062 4075 4084 4093 4102 4104 4105 4108 4110 4111 4122 4124 4128 4141 4142 4152 4153 4161 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	An earthen round barrow covering a turf stack approximately circular, with apparent wings fading out to the south, and steep edges, set on a layer of iron pan. There was a burial below and west of the centre of the turf stack, in a hole dug into the old surface, containing an overhanging rim urn. The urn contained the clean cremated bones of a person c18, a bronze awl or pin, and a calcined flint flake. Charcoal was in the top layer of the urn with soil and burnt grass. Over the burial hole was a large dome covered with decayed and flattened tree branches. The dome comprised the branch layer, grey clayey turf and charcoal, more branch material, then yellow lias clay with charcoal, then a patch of loam centrally placed - and then the pit for the burial. Stake holes pierced the dome and appeared elsewhere within the inner 5.4m stake circle. There were stake circles centred on the mid-point of the turf stack of 5.4m diameter, 8.4m, 11.4m, 14.4m, and possibly 17.4m, of regular construction except the innermost which was irregular in spacing. There were some (?) revetment stake holes. The turf stack edge was not co-terminous with any one circle. At least two stake circles were standing when the turf mound was built. Four secondary cremations were inserted into the earthen capping: a female and an adult into the turf stack at the north east and south east, a child into the soil barrow on the south east, and a child in a cordoned urn into the soil barrow near the east edge. To the south west of the last was a circular deposit of charcoal with 7 wand holes.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	South Glamorgan
Region	SW
National grid square	SS
X coordinate	960
Y coordinate	720
Bibliographic source	Fox 1941b, 1959b